Community Day at Bellanaboy

Sun­day Decem­ber 16, 2007

A spe­cial prayer and car­ol ser­vice was held today at Bel­lan­aboy, Coun­ty Mayo, mark­ing the end of anoth­er year of com­mu­ni­ty strug­gle against Shel­l’s pro­posed raw gas pipeline and inland refin­ery.

Bellanboy carols 2007 1
Bellanboy carols 2007 2Sun­day Decem­ber 16, 2007

A spe­cial prayer and car­ol ser­vice was held today at Bel­lan­aboy, Coun­ty Mayo, mark­ing the end of anoth­er year of com­mu­ni­ty strug­gle against Shel­l’s pro­posed raw gas pipeline and inland refin­ery.

A good humoured gath­er­ing of more than 150 local peo­ple braved the bit­ter­ly cold east wind to take part in the occa­sion, which was presided over by local priests Fr. Michael Nallen PP and Fr. Sean Noone.

A ban­ner declar­ing “Gan Cead an Phobail” (No Com­mu­ni­ty Con­sent) was draped over the main gates while peo­ple sang Christ­mas Car­ols to wel­come in the fes­tive sea­son.

Also present was Lelia Doolin, a high pro­file cam­paign­er and mem­ber of the Bur­ren Action Group, who trav­elled from Gal­way espe­cial­ly for the day. Ms Doolin spoke of the sim­i­lar­i­ties between the Clare and Mayo cam­paigns, and how the deter­mi­na­tion of ordi­nary peo­ple can bring about real change.

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